An employee’s exit from your organization is the most dangerous time — from a legal AND tax perspective.

To find out if your termination pay practices are correct and compliant with federal and state employment tax regulations, join payroll expert Mindy Harada on March 7 for Termination Pay: When to Pay It, How to Pay It, and How to Tax It.

You'll learn answers to questions like:

How quickly must you deliver that final paycheck? State laws vary: 14 days?7 days? 72 hours?

What records should you retain for departing employees?

What are the rules on severance pay: Is it taxable for federal purposes? How about for state? If severance is paid, can the employee receive unemployment benefits?

Is there a difference between providing wage continuation versus lump sum severance?

Can you deduct from an employee’s final paycheck to recoup for lost company equipment? Can you deduct amounts owed to you by the employee?

Understanding answers to questions like these are essential to your HR and payroll compliance.

More lawsuits and fines are triggered by termination mistakes than at any time during the employees’ tenure. And pay mistakes lead the way.

Attend this webinar to discover:

When you have to pay a terminated employee in order to comply with wage-and-hour rules.

How to handle important withholding issues.

Which records to keep (and which to toss) for terminated workers.

How to reduce your FICA and FUTA tax and employee withholding.

How to use Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plans to cut your severance costs.

Mindy will also answer your questions during our interactive Q&A session. And because this is a webinar, there is NO LIMIT to the number of attendees you can invite at one location.

Termination pay is one of your most complex and confusing duties. Don’t go it alone … and don’t try to guess at the compliance rules. The risks are way too high. Make sure you have the information you need to make the right decisions and avoid expensive fines and lawsuits.

Sincerely, Pat DiDomenico Editorial Director, HR Specialist

P.S. Two FREE Bonuses. Our first 50 registrants will receive two FREE gifts – our top-selling book, Fire at Will: Terminating Your Employees Legally, and one month of free access to our exclusive HR Specialist Premium Plus online service at TheHRSpecialist.com. See the right column.

P.P.S. Your satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed. If, after attending, you decide that Termination Pay: When to Pay It, How to Pay It, and How to Tax It isn’t all we’ve promised AND MORE, we will immediately refund 100% of your tuition. No hassles, no questions asked – your free copy of Fire at Will and the free month of Premium Plus are yours to keep. It’s that simple.

Date: Thursday, March 7Time: 1 to 2:15 p.m. ET

Early Registration Bonus:

Fire at Will: Terminating Your Employees Legally. Terminating employees is a legal minefield. Employees have more “protected” employment rights than ever. This 50-page manual provides simple techniques that give you an unassailable legal position when terminating workers. You’ll learn the legally correct steps to take (and to avoid) during a termination and leading up to it.

Second Free Bonus Gift:

You'll receive one month of free access to Premium Plus Online — our comprehensive electronic information service at www.theHRSpecialist.com. Premium Plus Online features online compliance self-audits, over 100 forms and checklists, plus Ask the Attorney (responses to your employment law questions). So that you continue to benefit from Premium Plus, we'll continue your access automatically for just $99 per quarter, unless you tell us "no, thanks" — your choice.

About Your Speaker:

Mindy Harada is an employment tax specialist with more than 20 years of experience as an independent consultant, an employee of two of the Big Four accounting firms, and a payroll tax auditor with the state of California. Mindy is currently a director with PricewaterhouseCoopers' Employment Tax practice. She is a frequent presenter around the country on employment tax and compensation issues.

Who Should Attend:

Payroll professionals

HR professionals

Supervisors and managers

Executives

Office managers

Business owners

Since this is a webinar, you and your entire staff can attend in the comfort of your office or conference room for one low price! You may include as many people as you wish while listening on a single phone line.

Pricing Options:

Unlimited number of participants at one site. Contact us for multi-site discounts.

This event has been approved for 1.25 credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).

"The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."